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Delhi Can be Chaotic

tiamo1569 wrote 1 week ago: The capital of a country with over a billion people, Delhi lies towards the central north of India. … more →

Tags: delhi can, it's not, there are

Islamabad, New Delhi must reduce nuclear risk: Pakistani daily

alertindia wrote 1 month ago: ISLAMABAD – It would be in the interest of Pakistan and India to reduce the “nuclear risk”, a … more →

Tags: blog.taragana.com, Pakistan, India, South Asia, Pakistan and India, nuclear risk, nuclear risk reduction, accidental triggering, weapons of mass slaughter

A special postmark1 comment

jeever wrote 12 months ago: On the eve of Christmas eve, I stepped out my apartment door and walked down the stairs. It was cold … more →

Tags: Indo-Americana, cultural memory, India, Mail from India, You've Got Mail!, christmas mail, Indian American memories, a holiday card, Holiday Cards

Indian. Secular. Kashmiri. Muslim.

jeever wrote 1 year ago: After the Mumbai terrorist attack, a friend in New Delhi with a fondness for Batman comic books emai … more →

Tags: Kashmir, India, Pakistan, islam in india, mumbai, Maharashtra, Mumbai Police, Taj, taj hotel

Smiles from Bihar1 comment

jeever wrote 1 year ago: My Mumbai friend Avehi Menon took some pictures on a recent trip to Bihar, one of India’s less … more →

Tags: India, Bihar, Avehi Menon, development, Poverty In India, rural development in India, Indian States, Bihari children, children in Bihar

The language of the victims

jeever wrote 1 year ago: It makes a difference what language your victims speak.  By targeting foreigners and wealthy Indian … more →

Tags: Politico Analytico, CNN, Deccan Mujahideen, gunmen attacking mumbai, hotels in mumbai attacked, India, India’s 9/11, International coverage of Mumbai attacks, International Media

Deepak Chopra, CNN Analyst

jeever wrote 1 year ago: I always found the export of “Indian spirituality” to be a dubious industry.  Somewhere … more →

Tags: Indo-Americana, Politico Analytico, CNN, Deccan Mujahideen, deepak chopra, Deepak Chopra on CNN, Deepak Chopra on Larry King Live, gunmen attacking mumbai, hotels in mumbai attacked

"India's 9/11"2 comments

jeever wrote 1 year ago: It is a curious thing, this business of labels.  The terrible attacks in Mumbai could easily be call … more →

Tags: Politico Analytico, Deccan Mujahideen, gunmen attacking mumbai, hotels in mumbai attacked, India, India's 9/11, Indian english language media, Indian Media, Indian news networks

Festival, subcontinental.

jeever wrote 1 year ago: With a big swoosh, it came and went.  The 3rd i International South Asian Film Festival touched down … more →

Tags: Indo-Americana, San Francisco, Castro Theater, 3rd i, Indian-Americans, San Francisco Desi scene, San Francisco South Asian community, South Asian community, South Asian Americans

Slumdog Millionaire

jeever wrote 1 year ago: At times, I felt like the movie-going version of a “poverty tourist.”  Little Jamal, Sal … more →

Tags: 3rd i, 3rd I International South Asian Film Festival, Slumdog Millionaire

The Adapter

jeever wrote 1 year ago: By the good graces of Microsoft, a dear friend from Delhi paid me a visit.  In between meetings in S … more →

Tags: coming home, Indo-Americana, Mihir Srivastava, Vodaphone, an international visitor, homesickness, reverse homesickness, don't forget the country code, country code

Kashmir, bleeding2 comments

jeever wrote 1 year ago: What would it be like to live under the military occupation of half a million troops?  This is life … more →

Tags: Kashmir, India, military occupation, hindutva, Pankaj Mishra, Outlook Magazine, Indian Military, Indian military in Kashmir, Kashmiri freedom

Kashmir alive (article)

jeever wrote 1 year ago: Land and freedom Arundhati Roy The Guardian (UK) Friday August 22 2008 Kashmir is in crisis: the reg … more →

Tags: Article, Kashmir, Arundhati Roy, the guardian, Kashmiri protests, Kashmir protests, Kashmir Independence movement, land and freedom, kashmiri muslim


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